"The true game of Rugby league, not the business, but the truly beautiful game makes people feel they belong...
Whatever genitals they were born with"

Mrs Minnie Cotton is escorted from the pitch during the 1966 Challenge Cup semi-final. >>

Women in Rugby League

A Rugby League SMART Gallery sharing stories of women in rugby league

Women in Rugby League 1950 to present day, is inspired by Ref! a play, written by Sarah Jane Dickenson, about Hull born Julia Lee who became the first woman to referee a men’s rugby match of any code in 1991.

The participants co-curate an exhibition of memories and artefacts, collected through workshops and hosted on this Rugby League SMART (Social Museum and Art) Gallery website allowing the stories and histories to be shared.